Illinois Senate Bill 1591

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-05 - Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to increase reimbursement rates to facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act on January 1 of 2024 through 2025 to a level that is sufficient to pay wages of not less than the State minimum wage rates in effect on each of those dates. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide that the Department shall adopt rules, including emergency rules, to implement the rate increases. Effective immediately.

DHFS-NURSING RATE INCREASES

Sen. Neil Anderson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-05	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 3, 2024
2024-03-15	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 5, 2024
2024-01-10	Senate	Re-assigned to Appropriations - Health and Human Services
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-02-14	Senate	Assigned to Appropriations - Health and Human Services
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-08	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-08	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Neil Anderson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
305	5	5-47	New Code	See Bill Text
5	100	5-45.35	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1591&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1591.htm